T.R. Dunn vs. Tyrese Haliburton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Haliburton and T.R. Dunn, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

T.R. Dunn played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Tyrese Haliburton, who played 4. T.R. Dunn had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Tyrese Haliburton had his rookie season in 2020-21. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
T.R. Dunn 14 12 1977-78 to 1990-91
Tyrese Haliburton 4 1 2020-21 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1977-782020-21
Team Portland Trail BlazersSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf SemisDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 63 12.2 3.8 1.0 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.6 3.8 .417 - - - 0.6 0.9 .661
Tyrese Haliburton 58 30.1 13.0 0.7 2.3 3.0 5.3 1.3 0.5 1.6 1.4 5.0 10.7 .472 2.1 5.1 .409 0.8 1.0 .857
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 4 8.8 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 1.0 .500 - - - 0.0 0.0 -
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 2

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1978-792021-22
Team Portland Trail BlazersSacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 80 22.9 7.7 1.8 2.5 4.3 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.2 2.1 3.1 6.9 .448 - - - 1.5 2.0 .772
Tyrese Haliburton 77 35.0 15.3 0.8 3.2 4.0 8.2 1.7 0.6 2.6 1.6 5.6 11.8 .473 2.1 5.1 .414 2.1 2.5 .842
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 3 17.3 3.3 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.3 2.3 1.7 3.7 .455 - - - 0.0 0.0 -
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 3

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1979-802022-23
Team Portland Trail BlazersIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 22.5 6.9 1.6 2.3 4.0 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.1 1.8 2.9 6.7 .436 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .757
Tyrese Haliburton 56 33.6 20.7 0.6 3.1 3.7 10.4 1.6 0.4 2.5 1.2 7.4 15.0 .490 2.9 7.2 .400 3.1 3.6 .871
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 3 8.0 2.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.7 2.7 .250 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 0.7 1.000
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 4

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1980-812023-24
Team Denver NuggetsIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement Assists Leader
-Achievement Cup All-Tournament Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayPacers TBD
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 17.4 4.5 1.6 2.0 3.7 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.7 1.7 1.8 4.3 .412 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .653
Tyrese Haliburton 69 32.2 20.1 0.5 3.4 3.9 10.9 1.2 0.7 2.3 1.1 7.2 15.2 .477 2.8 7.8 .364 2.8 3.3 .855
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn ------- --- ----------
Tyrese Haliburton 12 35.1 18.3 0.9 4.2 5.1 8.3 1.2 0.7 2.2 0.8 6.9 14.3 .483 3.3 9.0 .361 1.2 1.3 .875

Season 5

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1981-82-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 30.7 8.2 2.6 4.2 6.8 2.3 1.6 0.4 1.5 2.6 3.1 6.1 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.6 .712
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 3 27.0 6.3 3.3 2.7 6.0 3.3 2.7 0.3 1.7 3.7 2.0 4.3 .462 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 2.7 .875
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 6

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1982-83-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 32.2 7.6 2.8 4.7 7.5 2.3 1.8 0.3 1.4 2.7 3.1 6.4 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .730
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 8 37.5 5.1 3.4 6.4 9.8 2.5 1.5 0.4 1.8 2.6 2.3 5.1 .439 0.0 0.0 - 0.6 1.0 .625
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 7

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1983-84-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 80 33.8 5.7 2.4 4.7 7.2 2.9 2.2 0.4 1.2 2.9 2.2 4.6 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.8 .731
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 5 35.6 6.6 4.0 3.8 7.8 1.6 2.0 0.8 1.6 3.8 2.8 5.0 .560 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.4 .714
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 8

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1984-85-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Defensive Second Team-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 81 28.3 5.4 2.1 2.7 4.8 1.9 1.7 0.2 0.8 2.6 2.2 4.4 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.4 .724
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 15 24.7 4.5 1.8 2.2 4.0 2.3 1.6 0.2 0.7 3.0 1.8 4.3 .415 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.3 .737
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 9

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1985-86-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 29.3 5.0 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.9 0.2 0.6 2.8 2.1 4.6 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.1 .773
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 10 27.6 4.9 2.2 3.1 5.3 1.3 1.6 0.0 0.3 3.4 2.0 4.6 .435 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.4 .643
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 10

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1986-87-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 81 23.9 3.4 1.1 2.1 3.3 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.4 2.0 1.5 3.4 .428 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .655
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 3 7.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 11

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1987-88-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 82 18.7 2.2 1.3 1.6 2.9 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.9 0.9 1.9 .449 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.6 .769
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 11 16.8 2.4 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.8 1.0 1.8 .550 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.7 .500
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 12

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1988-89-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf Finals-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 34 9.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.0 0.4 1.0 .343 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.4 .750
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 8 9.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 1.4 0.4 0.9 .429 0.0 0.0 - 0.1 0.3 .500
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 13

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1989-90-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 65 10.1 1.8 0.9 1.3 2.1 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.7 1.5 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.6 .667
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 3 10.3 0.0 0.3 2.0 2.3 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------

Season 14

T.R. Dunn Tyrese Haliburton
Season 1990-91-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn 17 12.8 3.1 1.2 1.3 2.5 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.8 1.2 2.8 .447 0.1 0.2 .250 0.5 0.6 .900
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
T.R. Dunn ------- --- ----------
Tyrese Haliburton ------- --- ----------